Discusses the seventeenth century obsession with manageable rational categories, and argues that the failure of modernity is making that attitude popular again

Cosmopolis the Hidden Agenda of Modernity

History

Toulmin, Stephen

World

Free Press

The Discovery of Time

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

Harper&Row

"Warmly recommended. It is that rare achievement, a lively book which at the same time takes the fullest possible advantage of scholarly knowledge."—Charles C. Gillespie, New York Times Book Review

The Architecture of Matter

GOODFIELD, JUNE

University of Chicago Press

"A discussion of the historical development of our ideas of time as they relate to nature, human nature and society. . . . The excellence of The Discovery of Time is unquestionable."—Martin Lebowitz, The Kenyon Review

The Place of Reason in Ethics

Univ of Chicago Pr

Conceived as three companion volumes that form an introduction to the central ideas of the modern natural sciences, these books—intelligent, informative, and accessible—are an excellent source for those who have no technical knowledge of the subject. Praise for The Fabric of the Heavens: "I cannot remember when I last went through a book, any book, with such all-devouring zest. What is more, even the most complex technicalities are reduced to a positively crystalline clarity: If I can understand them, anyone can. The Fabric of the Heavens is, in every sense of the word, an eye-opener."—Peter Green, The Yorkshire Post "Not until the last chapter of the book is [the reader] allowed to think again wholly as a modern man has become accustomed, by common sense, to think. The discipline is admirably suited to the authors' task, and cunningly devised for the reader's edification—and, indeed, for his delight."—Physics Today Praise for The Architecture of Matter: "The Architecture of Matter is to be warmly recommended. It is that rare achievement, a lively book which at the same time takes the fullest possible advantage of scholarly knowledge."—Charles C. Gillespie, New York Times Book Review "One is impressed by the felicity of the examples and by the lively clarity with which significant experiments and ideas are explained. . . . No other history of science is so consistently challenging."—Scientific American Praise for The Discovery of Time: "A subject of absorbing interest . . . is presented not as a history of science, but as a chapter in the history of ideas from the ancient Greeks to our own time."—Times Literary Supplement

The Fabric of the Heavens: The Development of Astronomy and Dynamics

During the mid-1950s, three books appeared which, while theologically unfashionable at the time, can now be seen to have pointed the way forward that theology had to take.New Essays in Philosophical Theology, edited by Antony Flew and Alasdair Maclntyre, has been available ever since, and has been in increasing demand. Religious Language, byIan T. Ramsey, now Bishop of Durham, was out of print in England for a while, but has been reissued and is in a second new impression. Metaphysical Beliefs, on the other hand, was never reprinted.It consists of three long essays, by Stephen Toulmin on 'Contemporary Scientific Mythology'; by Ronald Hepburn on 'Poetry and Religious Belief'; and by Alasdair Maclntyre on 'The Logical Status of Religious Belief'. When the book first appeared, The Times Literary Supplement commented: 'This volume should be widely read and discussed. It is philosophical thinking at a high level, because it faces live issues, avoids asperity towards opponents, and should provoke the right kind of controversy.' More than ten years later, the same verdict still holds true

Metaphysical Beliefs

MacIntyre, Alasdair

Hepburn, Ronald W.

Hymns Ancient & Modern Ltd

Examines the changing relations between religion and the contemporary natural sciences in the debate over the nature of the universe

The Return to Cosmology: Postmodern Science and the Theology of Nature

Univ. Of California Pr.

In this engaging study, the authors put casuistry into its historical context, tracing the origin of moral reasoning in antiquity, its peak during the sixteenth and early seventeenth century, and its subsequent fall into disrepute from the mid-seventeenth century.

The Abuse of Casuistry: A History of Moral Reasoning

Jonsen, Albert R.

Jonsen, Albert R. R.

University of California Press

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Toulmin, Stephen. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by Toulmin, Stephen

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Toulmin, Stephen. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Cosmopolis the Hidden Agenda of Modernity

The Discovery of Time

The Architecture of Matter

The Discovery of Time

The Place of Reason in Ethics

The Fabric of the Heavens: The Development of Astronomy and Dynamics

Metaphysical Beliefs

The Return to Cosmology: Postmodern Science and the Theology of Nature

The Abuse of Casuistry: A History of Moral Reasoning

The Abuse of Casuistry: A History of Moral Reasoning